A fair number (unsure of the proportion) of Stradivarius instruments actually are played. John Bell famously played his in a DC Metro station[0]. Many more are

A fair number (unsure of the proportion) of Stradivarius instruments actually are played. John Bell famously played his in a DC Metro station[0]. Many more are played by the likes of Yo-Yo Ma, and principle instrumentalists of various symphonies. Browsing this list[1] it would seem that many more instruments are in the hands of musicians than are in museums. [0] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04... [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stradivarius_instruments http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stradivarius_instrume...